GRE Word List
ROUSING
giving rise to excitement : stirring
The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| residual | remainder |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |